Locomotive vs Breakdown vs Pretty Tied Up

[tsinindy]

27 minutes ago, scooby845 said:

what has been played more - Locomotive or Breakdown?

Breakdown has only been played twice...Locomotive six times. 

[MisterNo]

1. PTU

2. Loco

3. Breakdown

 

For me PTU is overall a better song, but it's way different from Loco or Breakdown.

 

[scooby845]

On 7/3/2016 at 7:35 PM, scooby845 said:

I got you guys (and myself) the hardest task of all - what's better? The intro of Breakdown or the outro of Locomotive? Whoa... I don't think I'll ever be able to answer that question...

I thought this would elicit far more responses...

Edited July 5, 2016 by scooby845

[RONIN]

On 7/5/2016 at 4:32 AM, scooby845 said:

I thought this would elicit far more responses...

The outro of locomotive is GnR's greatest composition imho. That's the band at the peak of their powers.

[scooby845]

1 minute ago, Oldest Goat said:

I'd go with the Locomotive outro

I'm still like 51% for Breakdown intro...

[DieselDaisy]

The lyrics for ''Pretty Tied Up'' are an almost premonitory depiction of the demise of Guns N' Roses,

Quote

Once there was this rock n' roll band
Rollin' on the streets
Time went by and it became a joke
We just needed more and more fulfilling... uh-huh
Time went by and it all went up in smoke

Deadpan. Brilliant lyrics.

[DR DOOM]

Well, Breakdown is the weakest due to the silliness.

The other two are in my opinion among the very best GNR songs.

[Darkenchantress]

I'd go with Pretty Tied Up just because I enjoy that song so much everytime I listen to it.

[GNRfan2008]

Love all 3 but give slight edge to Locomotive. 

[Caught_in_a_Coma]

Locomotive > Breakdown >>>>> Pretty Tied Up

[moreblack]

The riff in Locomotive alone beats the other songs.

[SWINGTRADER]

Pretty Tied Up.   Easy decision for me.

 

The other 2 songs are great, but Axl "ruined" them in the studio. Pretty Tied Up did not suffer as much. 

 

Great songs. Take Axl out of the studio and the Illusions would have been close to perfect and much more highly regarded today. 

 

 

[WhenYou'reTalkinToYourself]

18 minutes ago, SWINGTRADER said:

Pretty Tied Up.   Easy decision for me.

 

The other 2 songs are great, but Axl "ruined" them in the studio. Pretty Tied Up did not suffer as much. 

 

Great songs. Take Axl out of the studio and the Illusions would have been close to perfect and much more highly regarded today. 

 

 

Just like the Izzy post-GnR songs?

[Stiff Competition]

Personally, I think Locomotive is the band at their peak.

[Modano09]

I went with Breakdown. Really tough call between that and Locomotive but I love the lyrics to Breakdown and I remember it being my favorite GNR song at one point, so that's the tie breaker. What's the ending though? I never really thought of it before but is that a story or poem or something Axl's reciting?

[EvH]

I think PTU is by far the weakest of the three.

Lovomotive is fantastic. It's repetitive by purpose because it mimicks the noise of a train. Axl 's best lyrics, Matt showing how this song is done ( the drum track is miles better than on the demo) and, of course, Slash rips it.

[Słash]

On September 19, 2016 at 2:27 PM, RONIN said:

The outro of locomotive is GnR's greatest composition imho. That's the band at the peak of their powers.

 

On September 19, 2016 at 3:16 PM, Oldest Goat said:

I'd go with the Locomotive outro

That is the best part of the song. Whenever I am pissed or angry, that thing just calms me down. 

[Good, Fuck'n, Night.]

Breakdown 

 

 

[Słash]

1. Pretty Tied Up

2. Locomotive

3. Breakdown 

[EvanG]

Surprised to see Locomotive getting the most votes so far.

I really like all three, but I'd vote Breakdown > Pretty Tied Up > Locomotive

[Blackstar]

I like all three songs and I think they are gems. I didn't like Breakdown much in its time (it was too "epic" for my taste then), but I loved it when I listened to the Illusions again after a long time.

It's a hard choice. I went for Locomotive. Apart from being a great song overall, imo it's the most well aged of the three. It's the type of song that could have survived the grunge era; it's a shame that it didn't get the spotlight it deserved then and it has been relatively unknown to the general rock public.

On 20/09/2016 at 6:37 AM, Modano09 said:

I went with Breakdown. Really tough call between that and Locomotive but I love the lyrics to Breakdown and I remember it being my favorite GNR song at one point, so that's the tie breaker. What's the ending though? I never really thought of it before but is that a story or poem or something Axl's reciting?

The ending is from the movie Vanishing Point. It sounds to me like an Axl self-parody, even if it wasn't his intention (I like to believe that it was).

[AxlsFavoriteRose]

On 7/5/2016 at 1:40 AM, MisterNo said:

1. PTU

2. Loco

3. Breakdown

 

For me PTU is overall a better song, but it's way different from Loco or Breakdown.

 

Pretty Tied Up just does it for me  

[AxlsFavoriteRose]

On 7/3/2016 at 9:28 PM, RONIN said:

Pretty Tied up -- A Stradlin' masterpiece. Cool Ranch Dressing. Trust Izzy to write a song about BDSM and predict the future of Nu GNR (time went by and it became a joke). I wouldn't change a thing about this song -- even the Axl overdubs work well within the confines of Pretty Tied Up (albeit excessive perhaps).

 

everything you said there about PTU is spot on! plus i love Axl saying in the beginning the perils of rock and roll decadence!

Edited September 22, 2016 by AxlsFavoriteRose

[scooby845]

Breakdown > Locomotive > Pretty Tied Up

[TMAC20]

Locomotive is killer - one of  the best songs bye the band ever- just like hardcore fans love COMA -Locomotive is  just as popular - gotta hear this live - would be killer 

Edited September 21, 2016 by TMAC20